A coach walks you through questions about why you want to use a coping behavior. What's really driving it: heartbreak, old trauma, a story you keep telling yourself? The point is to pause, notice what you actually feel, and question the narrative before you act.
I want to use. Okay, why? What am I experiencing right now? Mm-hmm. Yeah, my heart broken. Did I experience some trauma? Are some old stories coming up? What is that? I hear it so often. Oh, I want to use. I want to use like that. It's just that very like instant, like, yeah, like it's like that charge thing to it. What's behind that? Like, what's what's really going on? And so that thought I want to use is actually there to help you. It's there to help you. It's there to help you stop, get quiet for a minute. What am I experiencing? How am I feeling? Is the story I'm telling myself true?
